Reinhard "Stan" Libuda (10 October 1943 – 25 August 1996) was a German
footballer playing on the
right wing.
Career
Libuda was born in
Wendlinghausen near
Lemgo. His tremendous skill as a
dribbler
In sports, dribbling is maneuvering a ball by one player while moving in a given direction, avoiding defenders' attempts to intercept the ball. A successful dribble will bring the ball past defenders legally and create opportunities to score.
A ...
was a major factor in
Borussia Dortmund's 1966
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup championship and the
West Germany national team's hard-won qualification and its third-place finish in the
1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...
. In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final in 1966 he scored the final goal against
Liverpool F.C. to earn a 2–1 extra time victory for Dortmund.
Libuda played for
FC Schalke 04
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...
from 1961 until 1976 with two interruptions: from 1965 until 1968 he played for Borussia Dortmund, and 1972–73 for
RC Strasbourg
Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...
.
Between 1963 and 1971, Libuda gained 26 caps for the West Germany national team and scored three goals.
In the German
Bundesliga he played 264 games and scored 28 goals for FC Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund.
Later he was involved in the ''
Bundesligaskandal'' of 1971. The shy Libuda later suffered from cancer, and died from the complications of a stroke in
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
.
Libuda gained his nickname "Stan" after the English player
Stanley Matthews who played in the same position and who was widely praised for his dribbling skills. Fans of Schalke used a 1960s slogan of a
German Evangelical Church Assembly ''Nobody is able to evade Jesus'' to expand it with – ''except Stan Libuda''. The slogan is part of a musical made about Schalke.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Borussia Dortmund
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
1965–66
Schalke 04
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DFB-Pokal:
1971–72
West Germany
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FIFA World Cup third place:
1970
Events
January
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* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
References
External links
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1943 births
1996 deaths
German footballers
West German footballers
Germany international footballers
Germany under-21 international footballers
West German expatriate footballers
West German expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate footballers in France
FC Schalke 04 players
Borussia Dortmund players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
1970 FIFA World Cup players
Bundesliga players
Ligue 1 players
Association football forwards
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
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